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ENTREPRENEURIAL
ECOSYSTEM
CONFERENCE
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CAMBODIA’S ENTREPRENEURIAL
ECOSYSTEM STRENGTHENING CONFERENCE
CAMESCO23
FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOTT
08 DEC 08:30AM PHNOM PENH
INFORMATION PACK
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CONTENTS
1. WELCOME LETTER............................................................................... 4
2. BACKGROUND.................................................................................... 6
4. AGENDA.............................................................................................. 8
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1. WELCOME LETTER
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We would like to thank for your presence, interest, and support for
CAMESCO 2023. We hope CAMESCO23 will help us to explore the
opportunities which will contribute to a stronger and more attractive
Cambodia’s entrepreneurial and Investment Ecosystem.
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2. BACKGROUND
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CAMESCO23 has been curated based on the demands that have been
reflected in the various Give a Day events of 2023. Thus, Cambodia’s
Ecosystem Strengthening Conference 2023 (CAMESCO23) is
organized with the following particular focus:
4. AGENDA
Time Sessions
10:15-10:30 Break
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15:00-15:20 Break
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Mobilizing Investment
Entrepreneurship Support
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The format of the Give a Day is that the experts presents, or a panel
discussion was held on a particular demand-based topic followed by
group discussions.
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1.1 Need for Financial 2.1 Need for platforms that 3.1 Challenge of 4.1 Need for a Robust
literacy for MSMES and provide Technical misalignment: Network Support
women owned assistant to support misalignment of Start- up Structures to uplift women
businesses, which allow startups to be investment needs and ESO programs, entrepreneurs, especially
them to better record of ready (including legal and often steaming from onors' beyond urban centers. This
financial statement to financial documentations scope and expectation. includes establishing
access to the formal and improving capacity mentorship programs,
finance and the etc.) 3.2 Need for ESOS to clarifying roles of different
guaranteed scheme identify their unique value government departments,
2.2 Lack of information and proposition, to scope and leveraging e-commerce
1.2 Need to support MSMES sharing platform about provide specific topics platforms, and promoting
especially women owned investment, funding and base on startup demand digital readiness.
businesses to legally mentoring opportunities for paid program in order
register to access to increase their 4.2 Need for efforts to
different benefits /support 2.3 Start-ups lack of commitment and promote an
include the loan awareness and readiness attention. entrepreneurial culture
guarantee for investment (market- such as a role model to
unfit products, foster entrepreneurship,
misunderstanding about especially women
business valuation, entrepreneurs who need to
incorrect business model, break the social and
and unclear growth culture barrier.
strategies)
Siem Reap Give a Day Unlocking Business Co-host with ADB Co-host with Enterprise
Kick Off Innovation: Success Frontier -Growth Lessons Vision - Breakfast Talks with
Stories from Resilient from Cambodia's Most Siem Reap ESOS to explore
Entrepreneurs Dynamic Companies collaboration
5.1 Needs for skill 6.1 Need for both financial 7.1 Need for more human 8.1 Need for different
development in different and non- financial resources. There is still a programs to develop
forms including trainings, supports for entrepreneurs severe lack of experts and Human Talents for
information sharing, to innovate (development capacity in local trainers businesses - Not only
hand-on support for of products and operation which causes companies training for the
entrepreneurs in Siem management needs to turn to international entrepreneurs
Reap to grow and heavy time and financial expertise
innovate. resources) 8.2 Lack of commitment
7.2 Need for reliable data and resources from
5.2 The lack of talents in 6.2 Need for supportive on funding and investor entrepreneurs to invest in
supporting the businesses environments for interest in aspiring their learnings and
and entrepreneurs and it entrepreneurs to recover entrepreneurs, as the lack innovations especially
hinders the growth and especially during of access to funding family businesses
innovation of the economic recovering and remains a key challenge in
businesses restarting the business the ecosystem
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Entrepreneurship Support
5. Call for support for both financial and non-financial supports for
entrepreneurs to innovate
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Supporting Functions
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Call for Call for Call for Call for Call for better Platform Matchmaking Promote and
alignment ESOs to information support support to support Platform Foster an
among identify their platforms on for MSMEs system for startups to be between entrepreneurial
startups’ unique value investment, to legally entrepreneurs investment investor and culture such
needs, ESOs’ proposition funding and register to to recover ready entrepreneurs as building
program to scope mentoring access to during entrepreneur
and donor’s and provide opportunities. different economic role model.
scope and specific benefits recovering
expectations. topics base and
on startup restarting the
demand for businesses
paid program
in order to
increase their
commitment
and attention.
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6.2.2. Roadmap
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6.2.4. Members
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7.2. Speakers
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Prior to EMC, Tommy worked for Canadia Group, a large and multi-
faceted organization, where he led strategy, business development,
and communications for the Group’s medical and healthcare services
business and hospitality business. Prior to this, he led Canadia Bank’s
financial institutions department, and managed relationships with
key regional and international FI partners, and served as Project
Manager/Chief of Staff, where he drove strategic initiatives and
communication strategies for the Bank and Group.
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Ms. Tean Ly
Fund Manager
ADB Frontier
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SCAN ME!
1. Participants
2. Presentation of the speakers
3. Report of the conference
4. Photos from the conference
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